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BEST OF LAPAROSCOPY, ENDOSCOPY AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
Minerva Chirurgica 2009 August;64(4):327-332
Copyright © 2009 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
Laparoscopic liver surgery: a synopsis
Ravindra K. V. 1, Buell J. F. 2
1 Department of Surgery University of Louisville, KY, USA 2 Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery University of Louisville, KY, USA
The complex vascular and biliary anatomy of the liver poses great challenges even to experienced surgeons. However, with the experience accrued over the past two decades, surgery of the liver has become standardized. In the past few years innovative surgical techniques have permitted liver surgery to be performed using the minimally invasive approach. Large clinical series have been reported which demonstrate the safety and oncological integrity of the approach. This review highlights the current state of laparoscopic liver surgery with emphasis on problems unique to the procedure.